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03103aam a2200361 i 4500 001 221D7B94B65111E88BEF2E5C97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190328032346 008 160920s2017 ncua b s001 0 eng c 010 $a 2016042815 020 $a 1469632985 020 $a 9781469632988 035 $a (OCoLC)958963048 040 $a NcU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c NOC $d DLC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d BTCTA $d OCLCF $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d YDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCA $d FIE $d GUA $d WLU $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 100 1 $a Minchin, Timothy J., $e author. 245 10 $a Labor under fire : $b a history of the AFL-CIO since 1979 / $c Timothy J. Minchin. 246 3 $a History of the AFL-CIO since 1979 264 1 $a Chapel Hill : $b The University of North Carolina Press, $c [2017] 300 $a xiii, 414 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-406) and index. 505 0 $a The roots of decline : the AFL-CIO in the Meany years -- A new president, and a new decade -- Kirkland fights back : the 1981 Solidarity Day mass march -- From solidarity to defeat -- Defending what we have : survival and decline in Reagan's second term -- Partial deÌtente : George H.W. Bush and the AFL-CIO -- He's on our side? : Hope and betrayal in the Clinton years -- Saying no to the status-quo : the 1995 leadership challenge -- Big visions and big hopes : the early Sweeney years -- Our job has never been harder : the Sweeney presidency in the Bush era, 2001-2009 -- Holding on in the Trumka years. 520 $a From the Reagan years to the present, the labor movement has faced a profoundly hostile climate. As America's largest labor federation, the AFL-CIO was forced to reckon with severe political and economic headwinds. Yet the AFL-CIO survived, consistently fighting for programs that benefited millions of Americans, including social security, unemployment insurance, the minimum wage, and universal health care. With a membership of more than 13 million, it was also able to launch the largest labor march in American history--1981's Solidarity Day--and to play an important role in politics. In a history that spans from 1979 to the present, Timothy J. Minchin tells a sweeping, national story of how the AFL-CIO sustained itself and remained a significant voice in spite of its powerful enemies and internal constraints. Full of details, characters, and never-before-told stories drawn from unexamined, restricted, and untapped archives, as well as interviews with crucial figures involved with the organization, this book tells the definitive history of the modern AFL-CIO. -- $c Provided by publisher. 610 20 $a AFL-CIO $x History $y 20th century. 610 20 $a AFL-CIO $x History $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Labor unions $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Labor unions $z United States $x History $y 21st century. 941 $a 2 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909050403.0 952 $l OPAX566 $d 20180912010207.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=221D7B94B65111E88BEF2E5C97128E48 994 $a C0 $b UIRInitiate Another SILO Locator Search